newer than newbie Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I have an older stand-alone DVD player which won't play writable DVDs, however, with some research on videohelp.com I found it supposedly will read DVD+R disks if the book type is changed to DVD-ROM. I bought some +Rs, but I couldn't figure out how to change book type in my Nero OEM version (it probably can't), so I tried ImgBurn. I have a NEC 3550A burner and when I tried to change the DVD+R booktype, ImgBurn gave a failure message. Does this mean my burner doesn't support book type changes? ('bet I know the answer to that...) Am I just not meant to get the home video onto DVD!?! I remember seeing a hacked firmware for my burner. How safe is it to use hacked firmware? Thanks for any words of encouragement you can offer! signed, frustrated wannabe techno mom (with a small budget) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Did you use the NEC tab in ImgBurn to change the bit type ? Perhaps you could take us through what you did and then copy paste the error message in your reply ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 NEC's dont support bitsetting on DVD+R with standard firmware. You'd need the modified one. The modified one is as safe as everyone using it says it is. Take a look over at the NEC forum at cdfreaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newer than newbie Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 I came to the same conclusion regarding the NEC firmware while researching earlier today. Thanks for the reply, I'll check out the NEC forum @CdFreaks. techno mom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I used a modded fw up until a few weeks ago when I did some of the media tests. I remember setting the DVD+R type to DVD-Rom and it worked fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newer than newbie Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 I haven't modified the firmware yet, just tried changing DVD+R DL to DVD-ROM since my burner's firmware does allow that (btw changing the Book Type in ImgBurn works just fine if the firmware allows it!). My home video is now on a DVD+R DL, and my DVD player can read it! I'm thrilled! I'm going to have to give the modified firmware a try so I can use single layer DVD+Rs. Hope those work, too. Thanks for the input! techno mom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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